1. Was insulin shock therapy a viable clinical treatment?
Not really, since you do not remember the process of it and because it has an effect on the memory, it would not be a viable treatment. It was more of a painful process of John Nash and is not a safe process. Insulin Shock therapy would produce daily comas over several weeks. This therapy had disappeared in the states by 1970's but is still used in China, India, and the Soviet Union. Studies in 1957 found no evidence that insulin coma therapy did any better than the existing practice of inductions of coma by barbiturates. The most common risk of this was death and brain damage. The mortality risk has been put at about 1%.
2. Was John Nash an unusual case, or do you think that many schizophrenic patients can be taught to function in society with without medication?
Even though schizophrenic is a difficult disease to come over, with out medication you could be able to get well. John Nash did not take medication often and was able to recover by meeting people and socializing. Depending of the person, with proper training and how well your mind has developed, schizophrenia can be recovered with different treatments. To recover from this, you dont have to take medication and medication might not work form some people. It depends on the individuals experiences.
3. What are the dangers and/or advantages of this type of treatment (re: insulin shock therapy)?
There is an effect on memory. If you were going under process of anesthesia, you would remember until that process; Dr. Nash was unable to remember the sense of experiencing it directly. There is a possibly of death or brain damage. Using this therapy would cause negative effects, it would not be the best choice to use this treatment.
4. What is the difference between the treatment of schizophrenia in 1960-1970 and today?
1960~ 70: Used anti-psychotic drugs, allowed many patients to live more successfully and independently. However those who suffered became homeless. Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act provided the federal money.
Today: Treated with drugs and therapy.
5. What are the various types of schizophrenia? Which would you consider the worst case to have? The least worst? Explain why for each.
There are five different types of schizophrenia: paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, residual, and undifferentiated disorder.
-Paranoid Schizophrenia: the most common form, people usually dont have thought disorder, disorganized behavior, of affective flattening. The symptoms are delusions or auditory. The voices that they hear have comment on the person's behavior, order him/ her to do thinks, warn of impending danger, and talk to each other.
-Disorganized Schizophrenia: unusual thought processes. One dramatic form of thinking, where the person may have difficulty organizing thoughts of connecting them logically. Speech may be hard to understand.
-Catatonic Schizophrenia: Can be clumsy and uncoordinated. Their movements are slow and has unusual mannerisms. They repeat certain motions over and over or become.
-Residual Schizophrenia: Occurs to those who has long-term schizophrenia. No longer shows positive symptoms. Lack of pleasure in daily life, speaking infrequently, even when forced to interact. Needs help with life.
-Undifferentiated Schizophrenia: Meets the criteria to be diagnosed, but his/ her symptoms are not consistent with any of the other forms.
I believe that Residual Schizophrenia is the least worst case and Paranoid Schizophrenia being the worst. Having voice in your head would create danger to the one who has paranoid schizophrenia. Thus, residual schizophrenia would be easy to be treated, as long as someone would be there to help.
6. What treatments are being pioneered today for schizophrenia?
There is not a way to be treated since insulin shock therapy has been banned because of the risk. Also drugs are used for treatment, but it is not cure.
1. Was insulin shock therapy a viable clinical treatment?
Not really, since you do not remember the process of it and because it has an effect on the memory, it would not be a viable treatment. It was more of a painful process of John Nash and is not a safe process. Insulin Shock therapy would produce daily comas over several weeks. This therapy had disappeared in the states by 1970's but is still used in China, India, and the Soviet Union. Studies in 1957 found no evidence that insulin coma therapy did any better than the existing practice of inductions of coma by barbiturates. The most common risk of this was death and brain damage. The mortality risk has been put at about 1%.
2. Was John Nash an unusual case, or do you think that many schizophrenic patients can be taught to function in society with without medication?
Even though schizophrenic is a difficult disease to come over, with out medication you could be able to get well. John Nash did not take medication often and was able to recover by meeting people and socializing. Depending of the person, with proper training and how well your mind has developed, schizophrenia can be recovered with different treatments. To recover from this, you dont have to take medication and medication might not work form some people. It depends on the individuals experiences.
3. What are the dangers and/or advantages of this type of treatment (re: insulin shock therapy)?
There is an effect on memory. If you were going under process of anesthesia, you would remember until that process; Dr. Nash was unable to remember the sense of experiencing it directly. There is a possibly of death or brain damage. Using this therapy would cause negative effects, it would not be the best choice to use this treatment.
4. What is the difference between the treatment of schizophrenia in 1960-1970 and today?
1960~ 70: Used anti-psychotic drugs, allowed many patients to live more successfully and independently. However those who suffered became homeless. Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act provided the federal money.
Today: Treated with drugs and therapy.
5. What are the various types of schizophrenia? Which would you consider the worst case to have? The least worst? Explain why for each.
There are five different types of schizophrenia: paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, residual, and undifferentiated disorder.
-Paranoid Schizophrenia: the most common form, people usually dont have thought disorder, disorganized behavior, of affective flattening. The symptoms are delusions or auditory. The voices that they hear have comment on the person's behavior, order him/ her to do thinks, warn of impending danger, and talk to each other.
-Disorganized Schizophrenia: unusual thought processes. One dramatic form of thinking, where the person may have difficulty organizing thoughts of connecting them logically. Speech may be hard to understand.
-Catatonic Schizophrenia: Can be clumsy and uncoordinated. Their movements are slow and has unusual mannerisms. They repeat certain motions over and over or become.
-Residual Schizophrenia: Occurs to those who has long-term schizophrenia. No longer shows positive symptoms. Lack of pleasure in daily life, speaking infrequently, even when forced to interact. Needs help with life.
-Undifferentiated Schizophrenia: Meets the criteria to be diagnosed, but his/ her symptoms are not consistent with any of the other forms.
I believe that Residual Schizophrenia is the least worst case and Paranoid Schizophrenia being the worst. Having voice in your head would create danger to the one who has paranoid schizophrenia. Thus, residual schizophrenia would be easy to be treated, as long as someone would be there to help.
6. What treatments are being pioneered today for schizophrenia?
There is not a way to be treated since insulin shock therapy has been banned because of the risk. Also drugs are used for treatment, but it is not cure.